A catch-all thread unless something big happens and needs its own thread.

2:17 UPDATES- The Pirates lost Luis Cruz on waivers to the Brewers. Arguing over losing him vs. Bixler feels like a waste of time, even if I do agree with the sentiment that it probably should’ve been Bixler that we dropped. Anyways, it opens a Rule 5 spot and that’s what’s most important.

About Pat Lackey

In 2005, I started a WHYGAVS instead of working on organic chemistry homework. Many years later, I've written about baseball and the Pirates for a number of sites all across the internet, but WHYGAVS is still my home. I still haven't finished that O-Chem homework, though.

I’ll use this as a bit of an open thread that I’m going to try and post updates on throughout the day. Anything big that happens will get its own post as soon as I can get to it, of course. You can always post anything you find in the comments (or in the forum! hint hint) and I’ll get to it as soon as I can.

12:30- Because it’s just 9:30 in the morning in Vegas, nothing has actually happened yet. For now, I’ll just share the links that I’m keeping an eye on this week. Aaron Gleeman is at the meetings for Rotoworld and keeping a blog. The BP guys (Kevin Goldstein, John Perrotto, and Will Carroll)should be updating the “Unfiltered” blog during the week. Dejan’s blog will, of course, be up to the second and the only place that’s focusing on just the Pirates. MLB Trade Rumors basically works as an RSS reader for rumors thanks to Tim’s superhuman work there. Ken Rosenthal will write about everything that’s even whispered and he churns out a lot of scoops, so keep an eye on him. ESPN also has a blog being updated by Buster Olney, Peter Gammons, and who knows who else, so they’re worth watching as well.

3:19- The Philadelphia Daily News says the Phillies are interested in the almost certainly available Delmon Young. The reason this is interesting to Pirate fans is that the Twins are looking for a shortstop and the Phils have shortstop prospect Donald in the minors. While he’s likely ready for the bigs, he’s blocked by Jimmy Rollins for the forseeable future. If the Twins are trading for Jason Donald, they’re not trading for Jack Wilson. If you think we’re getting Delmon Young for Jack Wilson, you’re insane. (link via Rotoworld)

Listening to a Pittsburgh writer talk about the situation this morning, it sounds like the Pirates may simply opt to keep Wilson for now and possibly look to deal him at midseason.

I don’t think Wilson will be anything other than less valuable at mid-season and given how aggressively he’s being shopped, I think Huntington probably agrees, but it’s still worth noting.

5:07- Robothal (same link as before) says the Pirates may be one of the five teams interested in David Eckstein. I am going to refrain from making snide comments and just leave it at “I’d rather this didn’t happen.”

About Pat Lackey

In 2005, I started a WHYGAVS instead of working on organic chemistry homework. Many years later, I've written about baseball and the Pirates for a number of sites all across the internet, but WHYGAVS is still my home. I still haven't finished that O-Chem homework, though.